We love L.A. for its diversity, geography and possibility. We share concern over its issues: homelessness, poverty and gridlock to name a few. It’s our home. And it deserves more attention from local reporters.

We want to tell stories that inform, inspire, and connect Angelenos to one another. That’s what KPCC is dedicated to providing, and that’s what LAist was doing when it shut down in November.

When we heard the news, a collective shudder ran through our newsroom. It was the neighborhood blog that could. We’d lost an important voice.

It’s been a rough couple of months for media in L.A. (You can read about it here, here and here.) But the mission hasn’t changed. The health of our local media landscape matters. Public officials need to be held accountable for their actions. The future of our city depends on engaged residents to make informed choices.

We’re excited by the opportunity to bring LAist back into the fight. We have a lot of great ideas about what this partnership will look like, but we need your input. What did you love (or hate) about the LAist? What qualities are most important to retain? Tell us in the survey below, and join us in creating the kind of local coverage that we all want to see.

KPCC Members on a private tour of Shepard Fairey's art exhibition "DAMAGED" in Los Angeles on December 2, 2017.
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KPCC Membership|November 13, 2017

Thanks to more than 10,800 KPCC listeners who supported the station during our Power to the Public fall member drive! Your support powers KPCC and keeps independent journalism strong in Southern California. We had a lot of exciting giveaways during our member drive, and here are the results:

Two tickets to Game 1 of the 2017 World Series: Astros v. Dodgers

Grace Lee from Los Angeles

Two tickets to Game 2 of the 2017 World Series: Astros v. Dodgers

Sherry Allison from Brea

Two tickets to Game 7 of the 2017 World Series: Astros v. Dodgers

Chris Cerf from Culver City

Two tickets to Hamilton in Hollywood on Oct. 26

Natalee Jaquays from Woodland Hills

Two tickets to Hamilton in Hollywood on Oct. 28

Brandyce Howard from Long Beach

Two tickets to Hamilton in Hollywood and a one-night hotel stay

Preston Caves from Manhattan Beach

Two tickets to A Prairie Home Companion live at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Oct. 28

Hate crimes routinely make headlines across the country. Yet there is no reliable national database tracking them. KPCC is pleased to announce it is joining the Documenting Hate project, a coalition of organizations working with community members to create a database of hate crimes across the country.

The effort is led by ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative newsroom. The stories we gather will inform upcoming ProPublica’s reporting as well as KPCC programming, beginning with “Free speech vs. hate speech on college campuses,” a November 30 in-person conversation that will focus on freedom of speech and combatting hate speech on Southern California campuses and communities. (In California, violent and hostile confrontations are on track to double this year, according to a report by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino.)

Fact: People are obsessed with Costco. And while we all know about the free samples and $1.50 hot dogs, there’s still so much more we’d like to figure out when it comes to this giant retailer.

Whether you’re after insider tips on how to avoid crowds, curious about parking or dying to figure whether that whole “buy your casket at Costco” thing is real, we want to know your questions. We’ll work to answer them as part of our ongoing “SoCal. So Curious.” project.

Your questions will be voted on by fellow community members, and they might help inform KPCC's programming online, on-air and in person. You can enter your question and contact information below.